UNDERWORLD


Meaning of UNDERWORLD in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ -ˌwərld ]

noun

Date: 1598

1. : the place of departed souls : Hades

2. archaic : earth

3. : the side of the earth opposite to one : antipodes

4. : a social sphere below the level of ordinary life

the town's seedy underworld

especially : the world of organized crime

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.